Information processing apparatus, aircraft control method, and method for improving travel maas

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a controller, and the controller is configured to acquire body information indicating whether an aircraft has a fixed wing mode from the aircraft in a case in which an airport is congested and the aircraft is about to land at the airport, and notify the aircraft of an instruction to hold in air using the fixed wing mode in a case in which the aircraft has the fixed wing mode, and notify the aircraft of an instruction to hold in air using a vertical flight mode in a case in which the aircraft does not have the fixed wing mode.

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising a controller, the information processing apparatus being configured to communicate with aircraft,
 wherein the controller is configured to:
 acquire body information indicating whether an aircraft has a fixed wing mode from the aircraft in a case in which an airport is congested and the aircraft is about to land at the airport; and 
 notify the aircraft of an instruction to hold in air using the fixed wing mode in a case in which the aircraft has the fixed wing mode, and notify the aircraft of an instruction to hold in air using a vertical flight mode in a case in which the aircraft does not have the fixed wing mode. 
   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the controller is configured to:
 further acquire weather information on weather over the airport in a case in which the airport is congested and the aircraft is about to land at the airport; and 
 notify the aircraft of the instruction to hold in air using the fixed wing mode in a case in which the aircraft has the fixed wing mode and the weather information satisfies a predetermined weather condition, and notify the aircraft of the instruction to hold in air using the vertical flight mode in a case in which the aircraft does not have the fixed wing mode or the weather information does not satisfy the predetermined weather condition. 
   
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the weather information includes information on an air current, a wind speed, or a climate. 
     
     
         4 . An aircraft control method comprising:
 acquiring, by an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with aircraft, body information indicating whether an aircraft has a fixed wing mode from the aircraft in a case in which an airport is congested and the aircraft is about to land at the airport; and   notifying, by the information processing apparatus, the aircraft of an instruction to hold in air using the fixed wing mode in a case in which the aircraft has the fixed wing mode, and notifying, by the information processing apparatus, the aircraft of an instruction to hold in air using a vertical flight mode in a case in which the aircraft does not have the fixed wing mode.   
     
     
         5 . A method, by a processor, for improving travel mobility as a service (MaaS), comprising processing steps executed by the information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 .